Community

House on Fire in Lebec

From the October 14, 2011 Edition

LEBEC, CA (Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 at 10 p.m.)— Breaking News Report submitted by community reporters Bill and Gigi Day: We saw a house on fire in Lebec at 8 p.m. Gigi and I were …

‘Drop, Cover and Hold On’

From the October 14, 2011 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

All the Mountain Communities— our homes, schools and roads—are built astride the San Andreas Fault. For several years, the U.S. Geological Survay (USGS) has been warning that the fault is long overdue …

First Solar Wins $646 Million From Feds, then Sells AVSR1

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Whether you have a problem with asthma or just a fondness for seeing in front of you while driving, residents of the Neenach-Fairmont area of the West Antelope Valley warn that you …

Stray (Getting Lucky)

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

Don Tait—rumored to be on his way past the big 9-0—introduced himself at a recent Rotary function as a screenwriter and developer. As the patriarch of the Tait Ranch in Frazier Park, with credits for …

Chalk Art Street Painting FestivalHosts 12 Contestants

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

This year’s Chalk Art Street Painting Festival brought 12 contestants together at “Le Coffee Cantina” on Saturday, Oct. 1 in Frazier Park.

The artists’ talents were displayed in bright colors across the asphalt, along the …

CrossTrainers Club for Local Youth Begins 12th Season

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

Games, refreshments, Bible stories, singing and weekly chances to earn points for prizes greet children who attend the weekly CrossTrainers program for third through seventh grade youth (girls through ninth). This year’s club began September …

Roadwork Will Cause Delays

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

Residents reported to The Mountain Enterprise on Tuesday, Oct. 4 that delays along Frazier Mountain Park Road, between Lebec and Frazier Park, are taking 15 to 20 minutes, due to Kern County Road Department repairs. …

West Nile Deaths Start in Kern Co

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

On October 3 the Kern County Department of Public Health confirmed that the first two deaths from complications of a neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection in California this year were a man from Taft, 86 …

Curves Waives Fee During October

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month, Curves women’s fitness centers are waiving the joining fee for new members who show proof of a mammogram within the past year, or who make a …

Frazier Park Substation Sheriff’s Log

From the October 07, 2011 Edition

Listing here is not a report of conviction. This is a log of law enforcement activity from Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation public records. Listing here does not indicate that the Kern County District …